The Gallup survey pointed to widening partisan and generational divides behind the decline
Americans are reporting the lowest level of national pride in more than two decades, according to a Gallup poll released on Monday.
The survey comes just days before the US marks the 250th anniversary of its independence.
Only 58% of US adults said they were “extremely” or “very” proud to be American, the lowest figure since Gallup began asking the question in 2001.
Another 22% said they were “moderately proud,” 15% were “only a little proud,” and 9% said they were “not at all proud.”
The share of respondents describing themselves as “extremely proud” fell by eight percentage points from a year earlier.
Gallup said the decline was driven largely by widening partisan differences, with Democrats and independents expressing far lower levels of national pride than Republicans.
Some 70% of Republicans said they were “extremely proud” to be American, compared with 28% of independents and just 14% of Democrats. The 56-point gap between Republicans and Democrats was only slightly narrower than last year’s record 57-point divide.
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